NASA Aeronautics Update
Barbara Esker, Deputy Director Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
April 26, 2016
Contents
• Global Challenges
• Strategy
• FY 2017 Budget - New Aviation Horizons
• Summary
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Global Growth in Aviation: Opportunities and Challenges
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Global Air Passengers by Region (% of Total)
Over 36,000 New Aircraft required (replacement and
growth) over the 20 year period ($4-$5T value)
2034
Global Aviation Industry, est.
7B Passenger Trips Asia-Pacific Passenger Trips equal to
North America and Europe combined 105M Jobs
$6T GDP
2014
Global Aviation Industry
3.3B Passenger Trips North America and Europe combined is half of all
Passenger Trips 58M Jobs
$2.4T GDP
Sources: International Air Transport Association, Air Transport Action Group, Boeing
Major Opportunities / Growing Challenges
Competitiveness—New state backed entrants, e.g., COMAC (China); Growing global R&D Environment—Very ambitious industry sustainability goals; Large technology advances needed Mobility—More speed to connect the worlds’ major cities; Opportunity for commercial supersonic flight
U.S. Technological Leadership Required!
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U.S. leadership for a new era of flight
NASA Aeronautics
NASA Aeronautics Vision for Aviation in the 21
stCentury
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ARMD Programs Aligned to Strategic Thrusts
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Roadmaps provide targets for long-term investment
January 19, 2016 Initial Approval
2015 2025 2035
Improved NextGen
Opera6onal Performance in Individual Domains, with Some Integra6on between Domains
Full NextGen Integra6on.
Terminal, En Route, Surface, and Arrivals/Departures Opera6ons to Realize TBO
Beyond NextGen Dynamic Autonomous Trajectory Services
Supersonic Overland
Cer6fica6on Standard Based on Acceptable Sonic Boom Noise
Introduc6on of Affordable Low-‐Boom, Low-‐Noise, &
Low-‐Emission Supersonic Transports
Increased Mission U6lity and Commercial Market Growth of Supersonic Transport Fleet
AircraY Concepts &
Technologies that Meet the Demands of Airlines and Flying Public with Necessary Fleet Level Efficiency Gains to Achieve Carbon Neutral Growth by 2020
AircraY Concepts &
Technologies with
Revolu6onary Improvements in AircraY Efficiency to Reduce Carbon Output of the Fleet below 2005 Levels
AircraY Concepts &
Technologies with
Transforma6onal Capabili6es to enable 50% reduc6on (by 2050) in fleet level Carbon Output below 2005 Levels
Increased Capability of Ver6cal LiY Configura6ons that Promote Economic Benefits and Improve Accessibility for New and Current Markets
New Ver6cal LiY Configura6ons and
Technologies Introduced that Enable New Markets,
Increase Mobility, Improve Accessibility, and Reduce Environmental Impact
Ver6cal Life Vehicles of all Sizes Used for Widespread Transporta6on and Services, Improved Mobility and Accessibility, with Economic Benefits and Low
Environmental Impact
Transport Ver6cal LiY
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Roadmaps provide targets for long-term investment
January 19, 2016 Initial Approval for Stakeholder Vetting
2015 2025 2035
Introduc6on of Low-‐Carbon Fuels for Conven6onal Engines and Explora6on of Alterna6ve Propulsion Systems
Ini6al Introduc6on of Alterna6ve Propulsion Systems
Introduc6on of Alterna6ve Propulsion Systems to AircraY of All Sizes
Domain Specific (Real-‐Time) Safety Monitoring and Aler6ng Tools
Integrated Predic6ve Technologies with Domain Level Applica6on
Adap6ve Real-‐Time Safety Threat Management
Supervised Autonomous
Systems Mission-‐Level Goal-‐Directed
Autonomous Systems Distributed Collabora6ve Autonomous Systems
Strategic Thrust Roadmaps will be Finalized for Presenta6on at the AIAA Avia6on 2016 Conference in June and will Guide Long-‐Term ARMD Investment Planning
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NASA Aeronautics Ready for Flight
2008-‐2013 2014/15 2016/17 2018-‐2026
Accomplishments and Planning
Ready for X-‐Plane Integra2on & Demonstra2on
N+3 Subsonic &
Supersonic Concept/
Technology Studies
Ground Tes6ng of N+3 configura6ons and technologies LBFD PDRCompleted UEST PDRs Completed
8 Integrated Tech Demos Completed, Tech transi6oned to industry. HWB ready for Flight Dem/Val.
Ready for NextGen TBO Integra2on &
Demonstra2on
NASA FAA NextGen Research Transi6on Teams (RTTs)
Ini6ated
Technology Transi6ons to FAA: MSP, EDA, PDRC, TSAS ATD-‐1 Completed and
transferred to FAA ATD-‐2, 3 Completed
& Transferred to FAA
NASA Aero Vision and Strategy
Established
Roadmaps CompletedN+2 Environmentally Responsible Avia6on (ERA) Project Ini6ated
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TTBW Aeroservoelastic • FY14 Langley Transonic Dynamics Tunnel
Examples of Recent Progress in Developing Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transport Concepts
BWB Non-circular Fuselage • FY15
Langley Combined Loads Test System (COLTS) BWB/UHB Low Speed Operability • FY15
National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex at Ames
HWB/OWN Performance • FY15 Langley National Transonic Facility D8/BLI Integrated Benefit • FY13&14 Langley 14- By 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel
TTBW Aerodynamic Integration • FY16 Ames 11-Foot Transonic Wind Tunnel
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FY 2017 Budget
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$ Millions FY 2015 Enacted
FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 Aeronau2cs $642.0 $640.0 $790.4 $846.4 $1,060.1 $1,173.3 $1,286.9 $1,294.2 $1,307.6 $1,218.1 $829.7 $839.5 Airspace Opera6ons and Safety 154.0 159.4 159.2 176.2 189.1 221.5 198.7 200.9 193.2 175.5 167.8 Advanced Air Vehicles 240.6 298.6 277.4 308.8 311.6 312.6 321.3 315.0 318.9 317.7 326.7 Integrated Avia6on Systems 150.0 210.0 255.4 381.4 493.0 556.7 591.5 612.2 525.0 203.8 210.6 Transforma6ve Aeronau6cs Concepts 97.4 122.3 154.4 193.8 179.7 196.2 182.8 179.4 181.0 132.7 134.4
Aeronautics budget includes paid-for 10-year mandatory funding from the Administration’s 21st Century Clean Transportation Plan. See appendix for additional detail.
Mandatory Budget Authority
$ Millions FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 Outyears
21st Century Clean Transportation Plan 100 200 400 500 600 1900
Airspace Opera+ons and Safety 18 20 35 45 75 170
Advanced Air Vehicles 30 41 79 80 65 305
Integrated Avia+on Systems 37 84 196 300 370 1170
Transforma+ve Aeronau+cs Concepts 15 55 90 75 90 255
Low Boom Flight Demonstrator 56
Integrated Avia+on Systems 56
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Fund the Next Major Steps to Efficient, Clean and Fast Air Transportation Mobility
Ten Year Investment Plan—FY 2017 Budget Accelerates Key Components of NASA Aeronautics Plan
Revolutionizing Operational Efficiency New Aviation
Horizons
Enabling Tools &
Technologies
Fostering Advanced Concepts & Future
Workforce
Accelerate
demonstration of full gate-to-gate Trajectory Based Operations Start a continuing
series of experimental aircraft to
demonstrate and validate high impact concepts and technologies. Five major demonstrations over the next 10+
years in the areas of Ultra-Efficiency, Hybrid-Electric Propulsion, and Low Noise Supersonic Flight
Major series of ground experiments to ready key technologies for flight
Research and ground demonstration for an advanced small engine core for very high bypass engines and as a hybrid-electric
propulsion enabler Development of next generation physics- based models needed to design advanced configurations
Increased investment in new innovation through the NASA workforce and Universities
Leverage Non-Traditional Technology Advances
Pursue challenge prizes in areas such as energy storage, high power electric motors, advanced networking and autonomy
Build off of major current developments and accomplishments Continue to incentivize new innovation Increase to AOSP
Major New Initiative
within IASP Increases to AAVP
and TACP Increase to TACP
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UAS
Strong continued research leadership in enabling UAS integration into the National Airspace.
Extending the UAS in the NAS project for an additional 4 years
Hypersonics
Increased investment to ensure a strong National fundamental research capability
Increases to IASP and AAVP
Prove Out Transformational Potential
Hybrid Electric Propulsion
Increasingly electric aircraft propulsion with minimal change to aircraft outer mold lines Explore and demonstrate vehicle integration synergies enabled by hybrid electric propulsion
Gain experience through integration and demonstration on progressively larger platforms Single Aisle Transport
Modeling Explore Architectures
Test Beds
Component Improvements
E nv ir onment al B enef it
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2040 2030 2020
Small Aircraft
Knowledge through Integration & Demonstration +
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New Era For NASA Aeronautics
Investing In Our Future - Investments in NASA’s cutting edge aeronautics research today are investments in a cleaner, safer, quieter and faster
tomorrow for American aviation:
• A future where Americans are working in stable, well-paying jobs.
• A future where we fly on aircraft that consume half as much fuel and generate only one quarter of current emissions.
• A future where flight is fueled by greener energy sources.
• A future where our air transportation system is able to absorb
nearly four billion more passengers over the next 20 years without compromising the safety of our skies.
• A future where our airports are better neighbors because aircraft noise is contained well within the airport boundary.
• A future where people can travel to most cities in the world in six hours or less in an airplane that can fly faster than the speed of sound on bio-fuels.
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Thank you
Questions?
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